Prada, the Italian fashion house, is sponsoring a European series of classic regattas this summer.

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This was the era of Casanova's wanton memoirs and the splendid Venetian regattas and processions painted by Canaletto and Francesco Guardi.

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As a result, IFDS World Championships will be hosted by the Charlotte Harbor Regattas, Inc. in January 2012.

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Late paintings in the show feature regattas in the stiff breeze, tranquil river scenes or winding, flower-lined paths and kitchen gardens.

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After organising several regattas, including the first world championship, and even winning some races, she moved to Hawaii in the early 1980s.

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The J-boats, for example, were built to compete in the America's Cup and Big Class Circuit regattas off the coast of England in the 1930s.

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But a back injury forced James out of two World Cup regattas and he had to watch from the sidelines as Welsh compatriot Tom Lucy replaced him in the four.

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Up to 120 feet in length and manned by as many as 100 rowers, each village takes enormous pride in their particular snake boat and vanquishing competing hamlets during the July to September regattas.

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In the Feb. 10 hearing Ellison's lawyers tried to convince the six judges on New York's Court of Appeals--the equivalent of the Supreme Court in other states--that Schuyler meant to restrict challenges to organized clubs with a history of running annual regattas.

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